Galerina marginata (Batsch) Kühner
(Funeral Bell)

Interactions where Galerina marginata is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Galerina marginata/Galerina marginatafuneral bellfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdecayedwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed sawdust [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Galerina marginata/Galerina marginatafuneral bellfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesdecayedsawdust
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed wood PINOPSIDA conifers Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Galerina marginata/Galerina marginatafuneral bellfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdecayedwood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on decayed sawdust PINOPSIDA conifers Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Galerina marginata/Galerina marginatafuneral bellfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifersdecayedsawdust
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on debris Pteridium aquilinum Bracken Polypodiales: Dennstaedtiaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Galerina marginata/Galerina marginatafuneral bellfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Dennstaedtiaceae/Pteridium aquilinum/Pteridium aquilinumbrackendebris

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Galerina marginata (Funeral Bell) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Galerina marginata (Funeral Bell) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGalerina marginata (Funeral Bell)
GenusGalerina (bell toadstools)
FamilyCORTINARIACEAE (webcaps, rootshanks and the gypsy)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Galerina marginata (Funeral Bell)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
de Haan, A. & 1985 lcones Mycologicae 75-92 Icones Mycologicae 75-92.
Orton, P.D. 1977 Notes on British Agarics V Kew Bulletin Vol 31 (3): 709-721.

Galerina marginata (Funeral Bell) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Pegler, D.N. & Watling, R. 1982 British Toxic Fungi Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 16 (1): 66-75.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Galerina marginata (Funeral Bell):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 12 images of Galerina marginata (Funeral Bell)

A deadly poisonous medium-sized yellowish brown toadstool which is common throughout the British Isles on old broadleaved logs and stumps.

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